Minister refused to meet opponent on TV 1. september 2006 14:21 Valgerður Sverrisdóttir utanríkisráðherra þingmaður Framsóknarflokkurinn Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was formerly Minister of Industry, refused to meet Steingrímur J. Sigfússon leader of the Left Green party on discussion programme Kastljósið last night. Both of them had been invited to the state television programme to discuss the report of geophysicist Grímur Björnsson which criticised the Kárahnjúkar dam and was hidden from public view. Sverrisdóttir refused to meet her opponent on live television but accepted to be interviewed by herself. Sigfússon wrote an outraged open letter published in the papers today criticising RÚV state television. " In this way politicians can control discussion on important state matters on your show." According to Þórhallur Gunnarsson, editor of Kastljósið, they had to take back Sigfússon's invitation to the show because ot the Minister's refusal to meet him for discussion, and that the editors believed they would be able to counter the Minister with important questions themselves. News News in English Mest lesið Magga Stína handtekin í nótt af Ísraelsher Innlent Langþreyttur á TikTok áreiti og rasískum orðsendingum skólakrakka Innlent Átján sagt upp í Seljahlíð Innlent Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent Ákærður fyrir stunguárás á Seltjarnarnesi Innlent Spá mikilli ölduhæð við Faxaflóa í vestan hvassviðri Veður Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Sást blóðugur fyrir utan fjölbýlishús Innlent
Foreign Minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir, who was formerly Minister of Industry, refused to meet Steingrímur J. Sigfússon leader of the Left Green party on discussion programme Kastljósið last night. Both of them had been invited to the state television programme to discuss the report of geophysicist Grímur Björnsson which criticised the Kárahnjúkar dam and was hidden from public view. Sverrisdóttir refused to meet her opponent on live television but accepted to be interviewed by herself. Sigfússon wrote an outraged open letter published in the papers today criticising RÚV state television. " In this way politicians can control discussion on important state matters on your show." According to Þórhallur Gunnarsson, editor of Kastljósið, they had to take back Sigfússon's invitation to the show because ot the Minister's refusal to meet him for discussion, and that the editors believed they would be able to counter the Minister with important questions themselves.
News News in English Mest lesið Magga Stína handtekin í nótt af Ísraelsher Innlent Langþreyttur á TikTok áreiti og rasískum orðsendingum skólakrakka Innlent Átján sagt upp í Seljahlíð Innlent Dullarfull brotlending nærri Area 51 Erlent Engan óraði fyrir framhaldinu Erlent Ákærður fyrir stunguárás á Seltjarnarnesi Innlent Spá mikilli ölduhæð við Faxaflóa í vestan hvassviðri Veður Spyr hvort aflífa þurfi sig vegna mjaðmaskipta Innlent „Það er sárt að þurfa að horfa á eftir þeim“ Innlent Sást blóðugur fyrir utan fjölbýlishús Innlent